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Black-haired Leafwalker

Xylota ouelleti (Curran, 1941)

Status not recordedinsects

The black-haired leafwalker (Xylota ouelleti) is a species in the family Syrphidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the black-haired leafwalker

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-haired leafwalker live?

Not recorded

Is the black-haired leafwalker endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black-haired leafwalker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familySyrphidae
  6. genusXylota
  7. SpeciesXylota ouelleti (Curran, 1941)

Synonyms Heliophilus ouelleti

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black-haired leafwalker

Other species in the same genus Xylota.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the black-haired leafwalker?

The black-haired leafwalker (Xylota ouelleti) belongs to the family Syrphidae in the order Diptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-haired Leafwalker (Xylota ouelleti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-haired-leafwalker

MLA

“Black-haired Leafwalker (Xylota ouelleti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-haired-leafwalker.

BibTeX
@misc{black_haired_leafwalker_2026,
  title = {Black-haired Leafwalker (Xylota ouelleti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-haired-leafwalker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}